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Hello Stephen, yes all cleaned and lubricated. I'll examine the tables with a straightedge as suggested.

Thanks for your help.

Hello,

I bought a Stanley Marsh 400 mitre vice for picture frames and other mitre joining tasks. After a good clean it has two issues.

One vice runs perfectly smoothly on its threads, but...

Sorry Geoff! My other Fray has a perfect handle / rings so this new loose one feels a bit weird. I'll let you know if I come up with / hear of any solution. Least I can do after reminding you of...

Thanks Geoff, I had already replied (I thought) but dodgy internet connection mislead me. Once it'll be a good user I'm happy! On a related note, the two halves of the handle are very loose under...

Well it'll be a user, but no harm!

On another related note, the two halves of the handle are very loose under the pewter rings. Any advice for tightening the whole lot up a tad?

You're right Geoff. The thumbscrew looks perfectly aligned, as is, and besides this jaws flaw, it looks good so I think I'll just crack on using it. The only visible part of the makers' stamp is "&...

Thanks Geoff. (Sorry for misspelling your name above!) Luke, it does hold the bit straight, because of this and the fact the frame does not seem to be bent, I also began to think it was made this...

Thanks for all of the replies.

Thanks for the tip Jim, but I don't seem to be able to upload an image. I'll try a link to the image and see if that works.

https://imgur.com/a/zNGcmjm
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I love my spofford 107 and just acquired a 114. One side of the jaws is higher than the other by about 1/8" . I've tried some gentle adjustment in an engineer's vice but the lady was not...

Among my first woodworking tools were Marples rosewood and blued steel blade squares like the Crowne ones you describe Thomas. Years later I discovered, with despair and disbelief, that each one was...

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I've only got round to putting an ECE 350mm Try Square which I bought 8 months ago into proper service and now realise it is out of square approx 0.5mm across it's length. They're listed as...

Thanks for that Prashun.

Thanks very much for all of the replies. Really helpful.

Prashun, can you explain a little more about how you wet sand the finish? (Ignoring pore fillers for the moment) Do you do this with...

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Is Mirka Abranet suitable for sanding between coats of varnish?

And separately, when Bob Flexner and others talk about brushing several coats of shellac and sanding them back instead of...

I asked Record first as manual is 'very short'! Giving no info about wheels / changing / sizes. Anyway, they said that I can, but it will invalidate warranty. Thanks for all the info. Great that...

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I’ve bought an 8” record RSBG8 grinder, but have now found that a 6” would suits my needs better by providing a slightly deeper hollow grind on chisels / plane blades, meaning less returns...

Thanks for all of the advice.

No sign of springs, and Roberts image looks spot on, so I'll check it and the links posted by Jim, and then disassemble and clean. Or sell and get one with springs!...

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I bought this Millers Falls No.5 on eBay and the chuck seems faulty. When I unscrew the chuck the three small jaws simply stay put not moving. See photos below. They can then be pushed...

Thanks for all the helpful replies. Lots of food for thought.

Hello,

I’m on the brink of buying my first bench grinder and wondered if you could help me with the following questions:



Besides lessening the chance of overheating, are there any other...

Really informative and helpful. I think I'll wait and see how well the #18 on the way conforms to the curve I need to make, and assess what kind of adjustment would be necessary as Matt has...

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I'm interested in trying to reproduce some picture frame moulding which incorporates a wide (2.5 - 3 inches / 60-80mm) shallow convex curve. I'm awaiting the arrival of the largest hollow...

Really informative replies. Thanks very much. The tip about keeping it at a length such that it can engage with the adjuster is great Jim, thanks. Though hopefully I can avoid having to cut hardened...

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I've just bought a Record 044 Plane and cannot source any blades for it beyond the 8 or so straight cutters that it came with. I'd like to get a reeding blade and was wondering whether I...

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I know that often times pitting on old gouges can simply be ignored (once the edge is OK) or remedied with an inside bevel which brings the cutting edge below the pitting.

But is there...